Followers will get to know Lorenzo Sonego’s recreation on Saturday when he performs Rafael Nadal within the third spherical at Wimbledon, however there may be way more to the Italian than forehands and backhands.
You may add Sonego to the listing of musically inclined gamers on the ATP Tour, which additionally consists of Denis Shapovalov and Corentin Moutet. Only one week in the past, the 27-year-old and his longtime buddy, “AlterEdo”, launched their latest tune: “Sing”.
“We did some songs collectively once we have been younger for a passion,” Sonego advised ATPTour.com earlier this yr. “After which, we tried to do one thing collectively for enjoyment in the summertime and solely to benefit from the second and do one thing totally different, not at all times [focus on] tennis.”
This isn’t the primary tune they’ve launched collectively. Final European summer season, they launched “Un Solo Secondo”, which has acquired greater than 14,000 views on YouTube. Sonego’s buddy writes the songs, however the former World No. 21 contributes vocals.
Would Sonego contemplate a collaboration with another gamers on Tour?
“Sooner or later, if Matteo Berrettini desires we may do one thing collectively,” Sonego mentioned cracking amusing. “Solely with Matteo, as a result of he’s my greatest buddy on the Tour for certain.”
Not solely does Sonego take pleasure in singing, however he likes listening to reggaeton and South American music in addition to dancing. Past simply discovering pleasure in these items, he feels you will need to not be solely focussed on tennis.
“I feel to not have a monotonous life, it’s important to take pleasure in some totally different hobbies. I like enjoying basketball with some mates. I do know it’s exhausting as a result of it’s harmful for me [to play other sports],” Sonego mentioned. “I play on Tour, however I wish to play basketball with some mates and sing some songs with some mates.”
Sonego believes that he’ll attempt to launch one tune each European summer season, which is able to give followers one thing to sit up for. It’s also possible to discover him engaged on his recreation on the basketball courtroom.
In March, Sonego attended an NBA recreation between his favorite crew, the Golden State Warriors, and the Miami Warmth. The Italian started following the game extra carefully when the Warriors’ dynasty started, and he has turn out to be an enormous fan of Steph Curry.
“He’s the perfect shooter on this planet, I feel,” Sonego mentioned. “Once I noticed Curry play, it was not possible to not like [him].”
It’s no shock that if Sonego may go to dinner with three individuals, it will be Berrettini, Berrettini’s longtime coach, Vincenzo Santopadre, and Curry.
On the courtroom, Sonego has established himself as a harmful grass-court foe. Three years in the past, he claimed his first tour-level title on the floor in Antalya. Final yr, he superior to the fourth spherical at Wimbledon, the place he fell brief in opposition to Roger Federer.
Now the No. 54 participant within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings can have one other likelihood to succeed in the final 16 at The Championships. Sonego has by no means beforehand confronted 22-time main winner Nadal, however he’ll give the Spaniard his greatest on Centre Courtroom.
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